High School 1520 in the name of the Kaptsovs (Moscow)

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From the time of the Kardissky peace treaty with Sweden was concluded in 1661 until 1874, this was the site of a Swedish trading mission where there was shops and warehouses with goods for Russian dealers from Sweden.

In 1893 a two-story building was constructed at a cost of 190 thousand rubles by merchant of the first guild and patron of art, Alexander Sergeevich Kaptsov in memory of his father. Originally it was organized for boys, but later the school was taught both boys and girls. Alexander Sergeevich was the trustee of boys' school and his wife was a trustee of the girls' school constructed nearby in 1897 by the architect M. K. Geppener. After his death, his wife Anna Mikhaikalovna Kaptsova was the trustee of both schools.

The school did not resemble a modern school. The architect, D. N. Chichagov author, being mindful of the history of the site, tried to stick to the samples of Scandinavian architecture from its heyday, the so-called "style of Christina IV », which is characterized by using two colors - brick and white stone - and high curved pediments.

From March until July, 1917 the Moscow Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Bolshevik) was located here and here they published the Bolshevist newspaper "Social Democrat". In room 28 Lenin's well-known article, «April theses», was printed.

After revolution of 1917 the school was transformed into comprehensive school № 31. During the Great Patriotic War the school was used as hospital and intelligence school. After war the school № 31 was considered as one of the best special schools with intensive study of the English language. In 1952 architects, G.I.Polkovnikov and Н. P.Poljakov designed additions to the buildings.

In 1993 the name of the school changed again to its current name, Gymnasium school № 1520 names of the Kaptsovs